4.3
Scalability –
Syncing more than 16 devices
USB3 hubs generally suffer from an endpoint
limit, which limits the number of devices that can
be enumerated when connected to the USB3
port of a local computer. USB3 port xHCI host
controllers in most computers limit the number
of endpoints that can be enumerated to between
64 and 128. Mobile devices enumerate as more
than one endpoint, and complex devices with
touch panels often enumerate as 5 or 6 endpoints.
Consequently, the number of devices that can be
successfully enumerated is typically limited to less
than twenty.
By using Thunderbolt™ connectivity and
incorporating host controllers inside the
ThunderSync3-16 the endpoint limit is overcome,
and if you wish to synchronise more than 16
devices, multiple TS3-16 can be daisy-chained to
allow up to 96 devices to be managed from a single
host computer simultaneously.
In order to daisy-chain multiple TS3-16, each
TS3-16 needs to be connected to mains power
individually and the first TS3-16 in the chain should
be connected to the local computer through one
of the Thunderbolt™ ports. The next TS3-16 in the
daisy-chain is then connected using one of its
Thunderbolt™ ports to the remaining Thunderbolt™
port of the first TS3-16. A third, fourth and fifth TS3-
16 can be added in the same way, connecting the
available Thunderbolt™ port of the previous TS3-16
to one of the Thunderbolt™ ports of the next device
in the daisy-chain. Using this approach, a maximum
of six TS3-16s can be linked together, allowing a
total of 96 devices to be synced from a single host
computer.
Each unit
16
PORTS
Sync up to
96
DEVICES
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